TommyK Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 (edited) Thinking about doing this track in our band. What effect is he using on the Bass? Some sort of synthy type thing? I have fiddled with a bit of octave/dist/filter and it sounds alright...ish..... but not really right, if you know what i mean... Anyone play it in their band? What do you use?/ what would you use? (instrument wise, we only have 1 Guitar, drums and Me) Edited January 26, 2012 by TommyK Quote
1976fenderhead Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 I got pretty close with an EHX Micro Synth but took a lot of experimentation to get it there. I can tell you my settings if you want... It sounds awesome. Quote
dudewheresmybass Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 I've done it before with an syb5 with exp, and oc2 Quote
Higgie Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 Prunes and Custard all the way! Even better with an OC-2. Quote
Protium Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 Can get close with Bass Micro Synth Or low-passed clean signal mixed with fuzz/OC-2 Quote
charic Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 I used to dial it in on the inbuilt effects on my line6 amp. Only bassline the Mrs regularly requested lol Quote
sk8 Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 [quote name='Higgie' timestamp='1327630561' post='1514598'] Prunes and Custard all the way! Even better with an OC-2. [/quote] This Quote
TommyK Posted January 27, 2012 Author Posted January 27, 2012 Thanks for all the suggestions peoples, think perhaps i need to fiddle round with my MXR octaver and other stuff a bit more. If not the prunes & custard sounds good on youtube.... anyone got one they want to move on? [quote name='charic' timestamp='1327682765' post='1515382'] I used to dial it in on the inbuilt effects on my line6 amp. Only bassline the Mrs regularly requested lol [/quote] Yes it is quite a hit with the ladies this one... Quote
waynepunkdude Posted January 28, 2012 Posted January 28, 2012 Was just going to post this exact topic, handy. Quote
rOB Posted January 28, 2012 Posted January 28, 2012 [quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1327748297' post='1516107'] Was just going to post this exact topic, handy. [/quote] Love the new avatar Wayne. Quote
1976fenderhead Posted January 28, 2012 Posted January 28, 2012 (edited) Hmmm, I tried to attach an mp3 clip here of how I make it sound with the EHX but I always get a file with an .ipb extension showing instead, which doesn't play... any help? Edited January 28, 2012 by 1976fenderhead Quote
Higgie Posted January 28, 2012 Posted January 28, 2012 [quote name='1976fenderhead' timestamp='1327759054' post='1516334'] Hmmm, I tried to attach an mp3 clip here of how I make it sound with the EHX but I always get a file with an .ipb extension showing instead, which doesn't play... any help? [/quote] Yeah I've found that too when I try to upload PDFs. Just attach it, and when it's downloaded at the other end, change the file extension to mp3 and it should work. Quote
1976fenderhead Posted January 28, 2012 Posted January 28, 2012 (edited) [quote name='Higgie' timestamp='1327782795' post='1516817'] Yeah I've found that too when I try to upload PDFs. Just attach it, and when it's downloaded at the other end, change the file extension to mp3 and it should work. [/quote] Nah, can't make it work no matter what, but thanks. You can listen to it here instead: [url="http://www.filefreak.com/files/863646_eiweo/Deeper_underground.mp3"]Deeper_underground.mp3[/url] The original doesn't sound like a square wave to me, so there's that difference in character, but other than that I'd say it's pretty close? This clip is just bass > EHX BMS > Logic 8. No amp or amp simulation, or EQ or any effect... Edited January 28, 2012 by 1976fenderhead Quote
Higgie Posted January 29, 2012 Posted January 29, 2012 Says "Access denied" for me when I try to listen to your link! Quote
1976fenderhead Posted January 29, 2012 Posted January 29, 2012 (edited) [quote name='Higgie' timestamp='1327873269' post='1518152'] Says "Access denied" for me when I try to listen to your link! [/quote] You're right, only works for the uploader. Never mind. Edited January 29, 2012 by 1976fenderhead Quote
Higgie Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 (edited) Try Sound cloud! It's easy and free. I was just mucking around with some of my pedals and came across this sound...I know it's not perfect but I think it would work well enough live: [url=http://soundcloud.com/higgie142/deeper-underground-bass]Deeper Underground[/url] Edited January 30, 2012 by Higgie Quote
1976fenderhead Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 Ok, I surrender to Soundcloud. Here's mine: [url="http://soundcloud.com/1976fenderhead/deeper-underground"]http://soundcloud.co...per-underground[/url] The tracking and fuzz make the note attack a bit weird, doesn't exactly flow brilliantly, but I think the tone is closer... Yours sounds a bit muffled? Quote
Higgie Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 When I listen to the record I hear a really compressed bass with virtually no attack and very little treble, and a synthy flavour mixed in, so I intentionally tried to get a quite squashed and muffled sound to try and get my bass to sound like the actual bass on the track, and then add my approximation of the synth sound over the top. I get what you mean about the tracking and fuzz, yours does sound great, but I think it sounds a little too "focused" (really struggling for a better word to describe it...a bit too "concise" maybe). I had my TLC set quite squashy, into the Cream Pie for a little bit of edge. The Aguilar Octamizer with the clean tone all the way down to get a fat wooly sound, and the octave tone set about 1 o'clock (just to the synthier, rather than fatter, side of the tone control) into the X-Blender which has a BYOC Swollen Pickle clone and Subdecay Proteus in the loop. Quote
1976fenderhead Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 I think by focused you mean it's a bit too sharp, I think it's the lack of an amp and head in this recording, because when I play this in practice or a gig the amp adds roundness and bass and it sounds huge! In the original most of the synthiness comes from the keys I believe (including that little hammer-on and pull off on the G note which the bass doesn't do but the keys and I think the guitar do)... I think when they play live the bass is clean but I'm not 100% sure. Quote
Higgie Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 Sharp! Yes exactly what I was getting at. And I can definitely see how a lack of a bass amp could hinder the tone. Mine was recorded straight into Logic without any post production too, but I did have compression and a few bits of eq/tone shaping coming from other pedals along the way. Valid point about the keys - that's what I was trying to get at, in that I was more trying to emulate the actual bass part than replicate the keys. I'm gonna try to get a better sound this evening and record it - try to get something that accurately covers both the bass tone AND the synth sound at once. Quote
AndyW Posted January 31, 2012 Posted January 31, 2012 I keep hitting a similar kind of sound with one of the presets on my Eventide Pitchfactor. It's a kind if synth-wah setting that really sounds awesome. Of course, there are cheaper routes than a Pitchfactor. All together now 'I'm going cheaper underground.........' Ok that was bad! Quote
bassfest83 Posted February 8, 2012 Posted February 8, 2012 Hi guys. Some great stuff posted here. I think the original sound was produced by an Akai Deep Impact pedal. There is a setting on there that pretty much gives off that exact sound. I might be wrong tho. Quote
fretmeister Posted February 9, 2012 Posted February 9, 2012 I get close with a Digitech Bass Synth Wah - mix some clean in with a Boss LS2. Also, I find I get the attack much closer if I use my fretless I think the original is a mix of SZ's bass and a keyboard synth. Quote
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